Tag: IG metal
Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide: The facts about the opening
Dusseldorf Economic history will be written in Brandenburg on Tuesday. The first plant of the electric mobility pioneer Tesla in Europe is opened at the Grünheide site, not far from…
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann doesn’t believe in the oil and gas embargo
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann “It’s clear that we have to diversify our energy imports more, but that won’t happen overnight.” (Photo: imago/photothek) Berlin In the opinion of IG Metall…
Woidke sees a signal effect for other investors
Berlin When Elon Musk announced the first European Tesla factory in Grünheide near Berlin on November 12, 2019, there were still many pine trees in the Brandenburg sand. Just over…
VW works council elections: Daniela Cavallo defends top position
Dusseldorf Daniela Cavallo actually wanted to come to the press conference in person and announce the result of the works council election at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg. But since Friday morning…
Second electric car for Cologne and another billion
Dusseldorf Ford Europe is serious about the announced electrification and is thus a long way ahead of the parent company in the USA. The company announced on Monday that there…
IG Metall loses its exceptional position
Dusseldorf In Wolfsburg, nobody can get past IG Metall. In no other German city does the metal workers’ union have so many members, namely around 90,000. The majority of them…
SAP board: Big jump in salary at the software company
SAP boss Christian Klein The boss of the software company has almost quintupled his salary compared to the previous year. (Photo: Uwe Anspach/dpa-pool/dpa) Dusseldorf The eight members of the SAP…
Ford splits up – focus on electric cars
Ford is always electric Ford electric pick-up in US production: The high demand for the new electric model F 150 “Lightning” surprised the American car manufacturer. (Photo: Rebecca Cook) Dusseldorf…
Airbus puts pressure on the hydrogen jet
Airbus concept jet The European aviation group wants to bring the first hydrogen aircraft onto the market by 2035. (Photo: Airbus) Frankfurt Airbus has launched a new partnership to allay…
Many employees are dissatisfied with their salary
SAP main building in Walldorf Even in the upper salary levels, many do not feel that they are paid fairly. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Things are rumbling at SAP. The German…
Many employees are dissatisfied with their salary
SAP main building in Walldorf Even in the upper salary levels, many do not feel that they are paid fairly. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Things are rumbling at SAP. The German…
Airbus share: Aircraft manufacturer surprises with record profit
Frankfurt Record numbers in the second year of the pandemic, a bulging order book – Airbus boss Guillaume Faury is satisfied. “2021 was really remarkable,” said the manager on Thursday…
Chip shortage continues – VW wants to cancel night shifts
Wolfsburg Last November, VW CEO Herbert Diess didn’t even want to take part in the works meeting at the Wolfsburg main plant, arousing the anger of the employees. Participation in…
Dissatisfaction is growing among employees
Dusseldorf There was great excitement at the SAP employee meeting at the end of January. The question was how big the salary increase would be for the approximately 24,500 employees…
IG Metall sees a glimmer of hope for the plant
Saarlouis It is a German-Spanish competition: Only one of the two Ford plants in Saarlouis and in Valencia will probably survive. In early summer, the European subsidiary of the US…
SPD politician Yasmin Fahimi is to become the new chairwoman
Yasmin Fahimi The eight individual trade unions together have almost six million members. (Photo: imago images/Andre Germar) Berlin The desired profile was clear for a long time. It should be…
SPD politician Yasmin Fahimi is to become the new chairwoman
Yasmin Fahimi The eight individual trade unions together have almost six million members. (Photo: imago images/Andre Germar) Berlin The SPD politician Yasmin Fahimi is to become the new chairwoman of…
Tesla employees in Grünheide elect a works council
Tesla gigafactory building site So far, Tesla has been building its factory through early approvals. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The preparations for the election of a works council at the plant…
Bosch employees protest at three locations
Stuttgart, Munich For the future Bosch boss Stefan Hartung, Friday morning should offer a foretaste of the most difficult topic of his term of office, which begins on January 1:…
Bosch employees protest at three locations
Stuttgart, Munich For the future Bosch boss Stefan Hartung, Friday morning should offer a foretaste of the most difficult topic of his term of office, which begins on January 1:…